Sound Dampening

[darkengineering]

Hey crager34, here is a link to site where someone did a comparison of a bunch of different types of deadener. It's a good read.

Sound Deadener Showdown

[iamjacksadrenalgland]

in about 3 weeks i'm going to be doing the whole cabin with raammat and an extra layer of ensolite on the floor. i'll be sure to post the results.

here's their website: RAAMaudio

[etlsport]

look on ebay, i bought 100sf of b-quiet ultimate (same company as brown bread) on ebay for 125 to my door

[darkengineering]

As another cheap alternative, I've heard of people using an aluminum backed asphalt based product called Peel & Seal. It's cheap and supposedly very similiar to the name brand aluminum backed asphalt products.

It can be found at Lowes and possibly Home Depot (and other variants depending on your location).

Peel & Seal at Lowes

[SkidPlate]

A few months ago I did a complete interior application of B-Quiet Extreme.


Recently I picked up a roll of B-Quiet Ultimate (higher grade) to cover the noisy spots again and the hood.


Overall I am very happy with the B-Quiet products, and I will agree that eBay is the place to buy them.

[technocoy]

For those of you who have done this in the VX, how much would you say it has helped? does it deaden the road noise by 50 percent or more?

I have used dynamat in car stereo applications years ago and it of course helped there, but the cars i applied it in then were very quite road -wise already... my sole reason for doing it in the VX would be to kill the road and wind noise.

[WormGod]

For those of you who have done this in the VX, how much would you say it has helped? does it deaden the road noise by 50 percent or more?

I have used dynamat in car stereo applications years ago and it of course helped there, but the cars i applied it in then were very quite road -wise already... my sole reason for doing it in the VX would be to kill the road and wind noise.

One thing to keep in mind is, it does help to keep out exterior noise, but it also keeps IN interior noise, so whatever you are screaming at, listening to, or whoever is crying out in pleasure, will be secured within the vehicle more. Everything inside will "seem" louder and just the opposite from the exterior.

Exterior/road noise will only be dampened if you insulate the right areas. Just lifting the carpet will not do much if anything for this. You really need to get the entire rear compartment since it works like a un-insulated speaker box anyways. You will notice a difference if you do this. Its easy to do, just takes some time and energy. Some stereo install shops will do this work for you, but it wont be cheap.

Driving fully insulated adds the weight of a 5 year old child to your vehicle, but your ride will feel different afterwards. I used to think the difference was in my head, but it actually does take on a more tight and secure feel.